Inspirational Quotes by John C. Maxwell
“Charlie Brower said, "A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow." Negative environments kill thousands of great ideas every minute.”
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“I've known businesspeople who were not realistic thinkers. Here's the good news: they were very positive and had a high degree of hope for their business. Here's the bad news: hope is not a strategy.”
― John C. Maxwell ,
“Change alone doesn't bring growth but you cannot have growth without change.”
― John C. Maxwell ,
“Si usted se encuentra solo en la cima, eso significa que se adelantó a su gente y los ha dejado atrás. Si escala los montes del éxito solo, no es un líder, es un alpinista. Solo somos líderes si tenemos a nuestra gente con nosotros. Avanzaremos a un ritmo más lento, pero viajaremos juntos.”
“Mientras más ágiles, adaptables y flexibles seamos, más rápidamente podremos movernos y cambiar.”
“Las personas podrán honrarte por lo que hiciste ayer, pero te respetan por lo que haces ahora. Valoro el ayer, pero vivo hoy.”
“Las únicas semillas que se pierden son las que no se siembran. Él había abrazado la verdad de esta paradoja: lo que uno guarda, lo pierde, y lo que pierde, lo guarda.”
“«Aquello que persistimos en hacer se vuelve más fácil de realizar, no porque la naturaleza de la tarea en sí haya cambiado, sino porque ha aumentado nuestro potencial para realizarla».”
“Perspective separates leaders and followers more than any other characteristic. Leaders see before followers do; they see beyond what followers do; and they see bigger than followers do.”
“if you have to convince them to see the vision, you will have to convince them to take action.”
“Las preguntas que debe hacerse son: ¿Qué puedo cambiar? ¿Qué puedo hacer extraordinariamente bien? ¿En qué logro el nivel más alto de desempeño? ¿Con qué acciones siempre logro un impacto positivo? En eso es en lo que debe centrarse.”
“A TABLE: FEW TO MANY—IT ENABLES GROWTH The birth of transformation starts in the heart of an individual, and the growth of the movement happens around a table. Mass movements don’t begin with the masses. They begin with a few people. When people can sit around the table together as equal contributors, everyone wins.”
“Vision and mission are the head and the heart of people. But values are their soul.”
“«Si no cambiamos la dirección en la que vamos, probablemente terminemos en el lugar al que nos dirigimos».”
“El optimismo es una virtud pasiva; la esperanza es activa. No se necesita valor para ser optimista, pero se necesita mucho valor para tener esperanza».”
“two things are responsible for making leadership rise? The first is competence. No one wants to follow an incompetent leader. The second is values. Values are principles that guide your decisions and behaviors.”
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.”
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John C. Maxwell (born 1947) is an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor who has written more than 50 books, primarily focusing on leadership.
His organizations have trained 2 million leaders worldwide. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and audiences as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and ambassadors at the United Nations.
John C. Maxwell was born in Garden City, Michigan. His father, Melvin, was a minister in a local Wesleyan church. Maxwell followed his father into the ministry, completing a Bachelor's degree at Ohio Christian University in 1969, a Master of Divinity degree at Azusa Pacific University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. Maxwell has received five honorary doctorates of divinity (including ones from the California Graduate School of Theology and Liberty University).